Elaborating the software- oriented approach to Jihad in the Holy Quran

Abstract

Typology of different types of jihad in the Holy Qur'an suggests that this concept can be studied in two different discourse: First, Hard jihad which has been mentioned with the words "fight" or "morabetah", Second, the soft jihad which is the subset of the word "Jihad". As the philosophy and foundation of Jihad in Islam consists actions that can be accomplished through criticizing the principles of illegitimate ruling and ending with the rejection of these regimes and its policies and it can be argued that, Jihad in Islam is considered as a software strategy which today is mentioned in short by the general name ”soft war”. According to different circumstances and situations, this strategy has different manifestations. A good example is the measurements taken by Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam Hussain (AS) against the rule of Mu’awiya and Yazid, considering their different measurements as identifying strategy. In this article, employing semantic analysis of the text, we have studied different types of jihad in Quran , elaborating this theory and studying its strategies i.e. Jihad is a software oriented strategy, with a broader meaning than soft war with the enemies. For a detailed elaboration of the subject, jihad has been studied according to Quranic discourse and its difference - in both concept and usage – with “qetal” (killing) has been illustrated. [WU1]

Keywords

• the holy quran
• jihad
• qetal(killing)
• soft war in quran
• soft power in quran software